represented biggs good morning. >> good morning. >> thanks for joining us. >> my pleasure, good to be with you. >> i think the main thing we think we. need to change the status quo part you need turn the page for think all americans the last caller they all went to see a page turned in washington d.c. and at one of the things i think has been so problematic is members rank and file members have beenra disenfranchised. everything goes through the leadership whether it's nancy pelosi and the democrat side or whoever is going to be the republican leader. everything is centralized as far as power. you have a very, very restricted mmf process. in six years we have not had an open amendment process on the floor of the house of representatives. how about the budget? you need to empower the appropriators. you need too get rid of the appropriations committee and change it which i'm okay with edoing that by having the authorizing committees combined with the subcommittee on appropriations. or give the appropriators time to get their job done before june 1 let's actually do a budget. we have not

first to you, congressman biggs.ou and members of the house freedom caucus, congressman biggs you're fighting against kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house? why? america cart think won the gop nomination as house speaker but falling short of 218 votes. why are you fighting against mccarthy. >> i wouldn't characterize fighting against kevin mccarthy. elizabeth: you don't want him to be spiker, you don't want him to be speaker, is that it. >> some don't want him to be speaker, some will accept him to be speaker, what needs to happen, the change in trajectory. here is the question, we don't know if he will fight this administration with everything that he has, every tool that he has. we don't know if he is going to use every leverage point. we don't know what the policies are, that he is going to advocate for. and quite frankly, we just don't know what's going on with him as speaker of the house. that needs to be determined. i think what you saw today was well beyond the freedom caucus because you had a few members of

representative biggs, good morning. guest: good to be with you. host: talk about your pitch to her fellow republicans as far as your challenge for the speakership. guest: the main thing is that we think that you need to change the status quo. i think all americans -- your last caller, listening to her, they all want to see a page turned in washington, d.c. one of the things i think has been so problematic is that members cannot rank-and-file members, have been disenfranchised. everything go through the leadership but whether it is nancy pelosi or whoever is going to be the republican leader. everything is centralized as far as power, so you have a restricted amendment process here in in six years come out we have not -- commitment process. in six years, we have not had an moment process. how about the budget? you need to empower the appropriators can either get rate of the committee and change it, which i am ok with doing that by having authorizing committees combined with the subcommittee on appropriations, or you give the appropriators time to g

kevin is a friend andy biggs is a friend. tomorrow we will have a robust debate and i think probably speak up later mccarthy will ge the nomination and a majority vote among republicans. here's what will be clear is that he nor no one has 218 votes . we need to get busy as a republican conference is sittin down and figuring out how we will change the rules and more importantly put out an agenda that will inspire americans inspire a generation c inspire young women and everyone across this country. you can't blame it on redistricting you can't go around and say well we raised $500 million with it all the stuff it's always about power. here's what will happen you hav republicans saying we don't hav 60 in the senate. we need to hold onto power in the house. when are we going to do the har work and make sure we fight for republicans who need it? tomorrow is about change we nee to change the way we do things in washington. i'm glad andy biggs is running. >> tomorrow is about former trumpet some type of announcement. is he going to

biggs. under seven chairman, many of those years will be working to conservatively push rules changes in the conference and committees, particularly in the house at large. always, low in all cases, the work of house conservatives and the allies on the outside was always focused on empowering individual members and empowering conservative caucuses with a goal of advancing conservative public policy solutions. there's no point in changing the rules if it's not going to help bring conservative solutions into light and into law. also, as you said, mr. biggs, since policy and legislation are downstream from rules and process, conservative policy winds cannot happen absent a rule structure that allows for conservative solutions to even be considered. at the organization of which i'm privileged to be executive director, called advancing american freedom, we assembled what we called a freedom agenda. a menu for advancing freedom in agenda built by voices all over the conservative movement. we're foc

but mccarthy challenger andy biggs contends there are more than five g.o.p.embers who oppose mccarthy. >> does mr. mccarthy have sufficient votes to secure that office on january 3rd, sir? >> not where we sit today. >> how many folks do you suppose might be opposing him at this point. >> i would say somewhere around 20. >> now, compare the g.o.p. turmoil to the democrats velvet transition. democrats tapped hakeem jeffries as their leader today. jeffries characterized mccarthy's situation as a, quote, mess and chaos. trace? >> trace: chad pergram on the hill, thank you. let's bring in analyst brit hume. i wonder if you will pick up where chad left off there because a lot of republicans say president dumped this on congress. passed the house more iffy of the time in the senate and the clock is ticking, brit. >> brit: he did dump it on congress. confident, i think, that congress would pass this measure. remember, while there are about, what, trail rail unions involved in this rail dispute that's led us here, 8 of them, i believe, have endorsed the plan that the

representative biggs, thanks for your time today tragic thank you, pedro. good to be with you and we will be joined by legislative drop the course of the morning and joining us from capitol hill adam smith democrat of washington also that you are the armed services committee. thanks for giving us your time. >> guest: thank you. >> host: can we start with poland? what i dream about the source of these missiles that fell there? >> guest: it hasn't in 100% confirmed but confirmed but it seems like it was an antimissile missile defense system that ukraine fired at the russian rockets that were coming in but they're not sure. they know know it was a russian-made rocket but ukraine has a lot of russian-made rockets. i think the crucial point here is none of this would be happening if russia wasn't committing war crimes on a day in and day out basis in ukraine by launching cruise missiles at civilian targets. they launched over 100 missiles yesterday all at civilian targets, which is absolute definition of a war crime. ukraine is doing its best to defend itself in

kevin mccarthy faces and i biggs of the freedom caucus. marjorie taylor green is aligned with mccarthy. >> for someone who votes for the president's conviction. you can go over to the area and see piles and piles of borrowed fencing. some welded together into panels getting ready to be installed. some of us just in the individual piping. >> that was not march or see taylor green. she stands behind kevin mccarthy. the bar is lower for him to win in the closed door meeting today. he only needs to score the most votes. if january mccarthy needs 218. outright majority of the entire house. >> i think you will see a critical mass say we want to turn the page. we want new leadership and fresh faces and new ideas. i stand here now and kevin mccarthy does not have 218 votes to become speaker. i don't think he has 200. >> she demand he implement rules changes to secure his support. they hold the leadership elections tomorrow. not everyone backs mitch mcconnell for minority leader. >> we need new leadership in the republican party in washington and i

congressman andy biggs is planning to challenge him. he's not a serious change er. he's essentially representing the anti-mccarthy vote. there could be a significant number of republicans in that camp. listen to what congressman bob good told us yesterday. >> the transformation of change has to start in congress. andy biggs would be an outstanding speaker. he would be one of my choices. he's a real candidate. that said, i don't think anyone has 218 votes. >> reporter: we should put out it's not unprecedented to have speakers who face opposition during the initial party votes. it is going to be an uphill battle for kevin mccarthy demanding on what the margins are and assuming that republicans win the majority. he's very motivated to become speaker. he tried to rally the troops yesterday. got a standing ovation. he's going to likely have to cut some very serious deals in order to win. it's going to be a long, hard few months for kevin mccarthy. jim? >> melanie, thanks so much. >>> right now republicans are inching closer to winning what will be a narrow majority in th

andy biggs a challenge kevin mccarthy this week. lost resoundingly 188 people voted against him and for mccarthy. nonetheless the kind of answer seems to be heads i win, tails are burned on the house. he comes out says i lost but i'm still not going to support you and i'm so not going to work with you. i think mccarthy may be has to give some concessions. it's up to the other 180 republicans are put some pressure most of their beef with mccarthy as they would like to hand over more control from his position as speaker out to the committees. but that leadership has already agreed to do a bunch of that in terms of returning to regular order, allowing bills to be made in committee, debated and amended down on the floor. there is a lot that will set change. they cannot demand to scrape mccarthy of all of his party -- make us all of his power as speaker and still get anything done. >> jason hunter pressure on the first to be a check on the spending of the biden agenda. with a narrow majority and not having the senate will be hard to pass

we know it's going to be congressman andy biggs of arizona, and nobody is saying he's the candidate, he's the proof point the freedom caucus is putting forward to show mccarthy is not the consensus pick and there has to be deal making happening in order for mccarthy to get to that magic numbers. for today's purposes, 218 doesn't matter, and it's how many votes does mccarthy get, because if he comes under 200 votes in the behind-closed-door ballot, he's in bigger trouble than they admit to us, and this is really a test of just how strong mccarthy's strength is over the caucus now. what really matters is january. >> tim, a republican leadership in the senate is doubt, and ted cruz blasted mcconnell. >> it would be insane if we re-elect the same leadership. mitch would rather be leader than have a republican majority. if there's a republican who can win, who is not going to support mitch, the truth of the matter is, he would rather the democrat win. >> what is your take on this? are mcconnell and mccarthy at serious risk, or is this a case of a few republicans letting off steam? >> you

one person mentioned, congressman andy biggs, an arizona republican, an effort to show that mccarthy does not have the votes right now to become speaker, forcing him to make negotiations, make concessions to that hard right faction. on the senate side, mitch mcconnell does have the votes to become leader once again, but there are a number of conservatives who are saying hold on, let's hit the brake, not move forward on this leadership election because of their concerns the election didn't go the way they wanted. at the moment, senate republican leaders are plowing ahead, plan to have the vote on wednesday and will go behind closed doors to hear those concerns tomorrow afternoon. >> manu, how about the democrats? what about nancy pelosi's future? >> that is really the big question because house democrats have been waiting to see what pelosi decides to do. she had said several years ago when she won the votes to become speaker that the end of 2022 would be her last term atop the house democratic caucus. she hasn't fully shut the door on that issue yet. in talking to dem crass, it's cle

biggs for their presentation. but let me be very brief to emphasize our members who are welcome to this hearing that this hearing should not be diminished in the crisis and attacks on institutions and racists attitudes and anti-religious attitudes and anti-semitic attitude should not be diminished. you may be somewhat premature in your statements as relates to this committee's agenda, and i would also say that there are diverse opinions on this committee and in this congress. some of this congress believe generally sixth was a tourist event, others do not. we know that the president and vice president are viewers and strong support of law enforcement, as there are members on this committee who have those views, and we respect all of those views. this is a crucial and important and lifesaving effort to protect those who've been subjected to bomb threats across this nation, and i for one don't think we should stand for it and be silent about it. we appreciate your comments and you should look forward to hearing addr

coming up, arizona republican congressman andy biggs, talks about rick scott's challenge to mitch mcconnell'speaker of the house seat. and, illinois democratic congresswoman jan should caskey. watch washington journal live, on c-span, or c-span now, our free mobile video app. during the discussion with your facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. c-span is your unfiltered view of government, we are funded by these television companies and more, including comcast. >> it is more than that. >> comcast is partnering with 1000 community centers to create wi-fi enabled centers. >> comcast supports c-span as a public service, along with these television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. wyoming representative liz cheney says she feels confident that donald trump will never be president again, she made the comments while speaking with the washington post, shortly before the president officially announced

>> that's up to andy biggs. i'm looking forward to getting to know my colleagues on the republican side and the democrat side. frankly, this country doesn't give a rip about the palace intrigue in d.c. the folks in my district want prices lowered and bring back jobs and secure the border to make communities safer. right now my focus is on the people who sent me here in the first place. we won't lose focus but keep our commitment to america and make sure we hold the biden administration accountable. >> harris: you are somebody listening to voters voices. the red wave the gop was hoping for we know it didn't turn out. we still don't know if republicans take the majority in the house how many seats they'll do it by because of so many uncalled races. they look to plot their way forward. some say it's time for a major rebranding. josh hawley tweeted the old party is dead. bury it and build something new. does it include breaking away from former president trump? senator bill cassidy suggests that seemingly. >> those

now and mccarthy does not have 218 votes to become speaker, and i don't think he has 200. >> andy biggswould be an outstanding speaker, and he would be among my top two or three choices. >> if matt gaetz is right there, the first person we saw talking about, and if mccarthy doesn't crack 200 votes today in the conference meeting, that's the signal of a big problem. at the same time, if he's above that it's clear that he shored up enough of his caucus that he could make a real run of this. look, nothing is for certain. the house flipping was supposed to be the easy part for kevin mccarthy and his party, and now a week from election day, and that still has not been called. they are operating as if they are taking the house, and democrats keeping hope alive, and on the republican side of this, we will have a clearer picture, in just a few hours, of a, where mccarthy stands, and b, where the rest of the leadership structure plays out. >> what you are seeing and what we are seeing as well, much of the pushback is coming from the right wing of the republican party, right? >> yeah. >> what are

to go on day one. >> thank you all for being here today. >> facing opposition from arizona's andy biggswho are trying to extract concessions. >> we want leadership, and i think andy biggs embodies the kind of leadership that we want. >> all coming as the gop closes in on the house majority, democrats expecting two years of gop sparring between the moderate and conservative wings. >> i think this version of the reap channel caucus will have a very hard time governing in any way, shape or form and i think that we'll see just how dysfunctional they are. >> house democrats preparing for their own leadership shake-up once nancy pelosi decides whether to stay atop the caucus she's dominated for the past two decade. congressman jim clyburn, current lit number three democrat, told cnn he planned to stay in leadership but won't run for the top position, potentially pitching the way for a keep jeffries to lead the caucus if pelosi steps aside. >> top leadership position you are running for? >> won't be that. >> as democrats defy the odds they, too, confronting their reality after moderate kurt sc

congressman andy biggs joins me now. is democracy at stake? >> probably not.t is interesting, earlier in the speech, president obama was talking about we need less demagogue eric language, why is that? because we can't talk about the issues, his side of his team is wrong on every issue, that's why we have the highest inflation rate in arizona and gun trafficking and human trafficking on the southern border. he will not talk about issues, to instill fear in people by using demagogic language. ashley: do you feel the red wave is coming? just days away from the midterms are you feeling confident? >> i'm feeling hopeful and confident. the key is we've got to finish it off and have a higher than usual voting turnout in arizona and i'm confident. ashley: what do you make of ongoing calls for so-called pandemic amnesty? you want to hold people accountable. explained that to me. >> we are not talking amnesty saying let's not even consider this. the individual who wrote this works for an organization where we saw hypocrisy at the height but don't forget what happened h

and andy biggs is not a big policy guy in the house of representatives.y turns to andy bigz gs an says what do you think about ukraine or taxing and spending. he's a rebel rouser. he thinks this helps him with his brand. do not think of him as the future speaker of the house. that happens. don't overstate it, but don't understate it. the question is how big will kevin mccarthy's majority be in january? the republicans are 215 right now. they may get to 218, 220 maybe. so he's not going to have any votes to lose. he's not going to have any -- two or three, maybe four votes to lose come january. it is a giant challenge. and that's the big test today is how weakened is he coming out of this vote and can he repair that damage in the time between now and january when they vote for speaker. >> look, that was then. we're talking about paul ryan. this is now. we're in a whole different political climate. no one knows unchartered waters as we said. this is a big difference when you have the freedom caucus, the sort of insurrectionists, maga wing, we don't really k

biggs off the hook.hen you start to look at the rules package you have to understand, if you pass the right rules the speaker, the majority leader, all of those, they come alongside that and embrace it. it doesn't matter near as much. right now, when you look at the leaders of individual majorities, whether it is in the senate or house, they have so much power that if you allow the rules to continue to be as they are it is troublesome. i will give you one fact. at 6:00 a.m. this morning you had snow in your district. i drove through there. you serve a lovely part of the country. >> it's the best part of tennessee, you've got the great smoky mountains. my district goes to dollywood, what else you want? [laughter] >> how did you know that? >> i drove through there this morning. >> very good. >> if i could just make one comment about what you are saying. i think when members and even voters think about process, i have been reading about this a dramatic press coverage about everything going on. and about pre

the 20 that congressman biggs has put forward, they think mccarthy will be able to chisel bag some ofhe numbers. some caucus members walked away pretty trium pass, and they're saying that was because of, you know, taking the fight to mccarthy. >> let's listen to congressman goode. should you take the fear -- from a presumptive speaker to work to try to empower regular members to have a voice in legislation, to have a voice in how congress operates. >> decode for us what's going on there. >> you know, bob goode has -- he put himself in the hard no category, and will be there for the vote, not voting present, and at the time moment they's voting for congressman andy biggs. bob goode came out forcefully against mccarthy. they've had this history previously where, you know, mccarthy was trying to get an incumbent reelected. he toppled the incumbent, and their relationship just hasn't really recovered. that might be one of those situations, you know, where bad blood is kind of coming into this versus actually, you know, who bob goode thinking might be the next best leader. talking about th

biggs, mr. gates, -- >> i've been working in the legislative process for 30 years. 20 of them as a staffer for the united states center. this is part of the legislation -- we often feel like we are teaching history. congress has been so fundamentally broken for soleimani. members don't have a sense of what it might be like to be empowered to spin in the legislative process. congress might be broken for the members. we've actually worked very well for the swamp. it is well oiled machine that produces whatever the swamp desires. it treats rank and file members like sheep. remember particular -- member participation has been extinguished in favor of essentially control process with few staff making all decisions in secret. in light of the narrow majority, active members of the freedom caucus should recognize embrace what we have today. that is de facto european style coalition government. in a sense, we have three political parties in the house. democrats, the republicans, and the freedom caucus. m

he lost 36 votes, 31 for andy biggs.he and he's only going to have about a four seat margin give or take. we have some races still to be called when things are settled so he can't -- he's got to win a lot of those over. he has compared it to paul ryan's private conference vote, speaker pelosi, they both have similar margins, but when they went to the floor they had much bigger majorities to work with. they still had a lot of defections. he has a lot more to win over. the freedom caucus has long been a skeptic of kevin mccarthy. they want house rules changes and they want to give the rank and file power to have influence over legislation and other things that go on the house. they say kevin mccarthy has not been in agreement to most of that yet and that's one of their major concerns. >> always fascinating when a new congress comes to town. lindsey mcpherson, good to see you. >>> quick hits across america now. >>> a driver plowed into a group of l.a. county sheriff's recruits that were out jogging. the driver 22-year-old n

his allies, the man challenging kevin mccarthy for the speakership is republican congressman andy biggs. one of the people who reportedly requested a pardon from donald trump for his f role until tryi to overturn the election results on january 6th, 2021. todayry in a closed-door vote o the republican congress, leader mccarthy managed to lose 31 votes to andy biggs. and kevin mccarthy will now have to convince allil or most of the defectors to back him as speaker, in order to win a vote in the full house which comes in january.me there is almost zero chance that republicanse will be able to solve the dispute. trump for hisso part is unconvinced his influence had much to do with his party's losses. he's instead blaming republicanb leadership for not being more enthusiastic about his losing slate ofic candidates. trump was fairly blunt about this over b on truth social.th it's mitch mcconnell's fault spending money to back great republican candidates instead of blake masters and others was a big mistake. he blew the midterms and now everybody despises him. and now that guy, that guy, dona

conservative challenger andy biggs of arizona won 31 votes during that same conference vote. so mccarthy didn't get all of them. he will have to get all 218 republicans will have to vote for him to become speaker in january. republican mike waltz of florida is optimistic that members will unify around mccarthy. >> transparency there. they don't want all the power to be in the hands of just a few. those are reasonable demands. mccarthy is listening to the demands. we'll have internal family discussions so we can get there, he can be speaker and we can moving the county forward and get accountability that so many people are demanding. >> harris: on the senate side leadership elections are getting under way this morning. senate campaign armchair rick scott is the challenger taking on mitch mcconnell's leadership. mcconnell told reporters i have the votes and i will be elected. in "focus", republican congressman brian mast of florida. first, though, senior congressional correspondent chad pergram where all of this is cooking. >> good morning. house republicans are sitting on the

so that what andy biggs and he are about, and slowing it down, but at the end of the day i believe he gets it. >> mark sanford, senator of south carolina. thank you. >> thank you. >>> and now, there is a missile that shows that it may have come from ukraine landing in poland. >>> and also, we will talk about a ban on abortion may have cost her her life. stay with us. my most important kitchen tool? my brain. so i choose neuriva plus. unlike some others, neuriva plus is a multitasker supporting 6 key indicators of brain health. toelp keep me sharp. neuriva: think bigger. better luck next time. who said that? i did. but i haven't even thrown yet. you threw good money away when you bought those glasses. next time, go to america's best - where two pairs and a free exam start at just $79.95. it's a quality exam worth 59 bucks. can't beat that. can't beat this, either. alright, i'll give you that one. ... and, apparently, that one. two pairs and a free exam starting at just $79.95. book an exam today at americasbest.com somebody sign this kid! i love all types of dancing... salsa, and even

. >> joining "focus" now republican congressman andy biggs of arizona a member of the house judiciary committee. first we begin with griff jenkins in washington. >> good morning. incoming oversight committee chairman james comer says he is making this a priority because the american people care about whether or not their leaders are compromised and he believes they have evidence pointing directly to the president. >> what we proved today was joe biden lied to the american people when he said he had no knowledge of hunter biden's shady business dealings. that is a complete -- complete lie and denied having any financial benefit. >> they detailed they uncovered evidence of alleged crimes by the president's family that were violations of the farah & wire throughout that he said is a threat to national security. >> to be clear, joe biden is the big guy. this evidence raises troubling questions about whether president biden is a national security risk. >> the committee also sent letters to f.b.i. director chris wray and treasury secretary janet yellen and several business associates of hun

biggs off and literally when you look at the rules package, if you pass the right rules, the majority leader, all of those come alongside that and embrace that. it doesn't matter near as much. right now when you look at the leaders of individual majorities in the senate or the house, they have so much power if you allow the rules to committee be asr, is troublesome. 6:00 a.m. this morning you had snow in your district. i drove through their on the way here to d.c., you serve a lovely part of the country. >> it's the best part of tennessee. i tell people my district goes from the speedway to dollywood. what else do you want? [laughter] so yes. how did you know, he did drive through? >> yes, this morning. >> if i can make a comment, when members and voters think about process, i've been reading dramatic coverage about everything going on right now presenting rules, the power struggle is this or that. when we think about procedure, is often that way, often about power and people think of it as a prohibited device but i would encourage you all to think about the rules as facilitating rule

likely have we're now told a challenger coming from arizona's freedom caucus member, republican andy biggs. his spokesman saying mccarthy doesn't have 218 and there will be an alternative challenger. mccarthy needs support of his caucus. then they go to the full house vote. they would need 218 to become the speakner january. let's bring in congressman jason chaffetz, now a fox news contributor. good to have you with us. welcome. how do you think this shakes out? do you believe that kevin mccarthy has the support to be speaker and do you believe that republicans will indeed eek out that slim now majority in the house? >> well, i think it's premature to have either one of the leadership races. the race isn't finished. you don't have all the people in the room. you don't know if you're at 2018 or not. the senate process is very opaque. you don't get to see it. it's behind closed doors. the real race for speaker is january 3. do you think thomas massey from kentucky or do you think matt gaetz from florida will stand up and yell out the name kevin mccarthy? that's a very tough road to hoe. no d

house republicans tapped kevin mccarthy to be their candidate as speaker over andy biggs. the vote 188 to 31. mccarthy is still 30 votes shy of 218. that is the number needed to win on the house floor. mccarthy faces a challenge between now and january to get the votes. republicans are now voting on whip. the candidates drew ferguson, tom emmer and jim banks. this is the first time they have come together since the mid-term. >> i don't think you're waiting for me. the person you're waiting for will take awhile, i think. >> gop florida senate eric scott has not officially challenged senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. >> to follow the minute administration's of rick scott, the guy who said cut medicare, the guy that said tax the middle class, would be suicidal for the republicans. >> mcconnell and new john senators are mum about a possible leadership challenge. >> do you support leader mcconnell to return as leader? >> thank you. let's go. >> you don't have to answer that. >> the senate gop leadership elections are tomorrow. some republicans want a delay. martha? >> all

andy biggs tweets this: i've seen enough. i cannot vote for kevin mccarthy as house speaker.not believe he will get to the 218 votes, and i refuse to assist him in his effort. >> well, we need to work as one because if that continues to move forward, all the investigations we asked to happen, the securing the border, the stopping the movement, none of that can the move forward. andy ran inside the conference, and we had that debate, and i think that's a healthy and a good debate. it's worth being challenged to the make sure competition's there. but we have to work as one conference because if 4 want to vote one way, 4 can vote another. we have to unite as republicans and understand the commitment we made to the american people. when we have this debate, most of the discussion wasn't about me, it was the process and the rules in the house. i i have opened up the rules even greater than we've ever before, changed the steering committee where the power rests with the conference themselves to make that decision. they had more power than leadership ever had in the past. and really

and i think andy biggs embodies the kind of leadership we want. >> reporter: the in-fighting comes as closes in on the house majority. democrats expecting two years of internal gop sparring between their moderate and conservative wings. >> i think this version of the republican caucus is going to have a very hard time governing in any way, shape, or form. and i think that we'll see just how dysfunctional they are. >> reporter: but house democrats preparing for their own leadership shake-up once nancy pelosi decides whether to stay atop the caucus she has dominated for the past two decades. >> congressman jim clyburn, currently the number three democrat told cnn he plans to stay in leadership, but won't run for the top position, potentially paving the way for hakeem jeffriess to lead the caucus if pelosi steps aside. could bit the top leadership position you're considering running for? >> no, it won't be that in the senate, the democratics taking a victory lap. florida senator rick scott plans to run against him in wednesday's leadership elections. what's the problem of having mcconnel

[inaudible conversations] >> coming up, republican guardsman andy biggs of arizona will eat a forum on houston republican party rules for the 118th congress. it will examine purples and discuss what role changes should be omitted. that's live at 2 p.m. eastern here on c-span2. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government we are funded by these television companies and more including comcast. >> are you thinking this at jessica meir dissenter? it's way more than that. >> comcast is partner with 1000 community centers to create wi-fi enabled lift zones so students from low-income families to get the tools they need to be ready for anything. >> comcast supports c-span is a public service along with these other television providers giving you a front-row seat to democracy. >> congress returns later today for legislative wor f the first time since the midterm elections. the house is bkt 2 p.m. eastern republican who's elected us we deserve out the remainder of the late indian republican congresswoman jackie walorski rm will be sworn into the house. incoming house members will also beapit

. >> facing opposition from far-right members, like arizona's andy biggs, trying to extract concessionsy biggs embodies the kind of leadership that we want. >> the infighting comes as the gop closes in on the house majority. democrats expecting two years of internal gop sparring between their moderate and conservative wings. >> i think this version other publican caucus is going to have a very hard time governing in any way, shape, or form. and i think we will see just how dysfunctional they are. >> but house democrats preparing for their own leadership shakeup. once nancy pelosi decides whether to stay atop the caucus she has dominated for the past two decades. congressman jim clyburn, currently the number three democrat, told cnn he plans to stay in leadership. but will not run for the top position. potentially paving the way for hakeem jeffries to lead the caucus if pelosi steps aside. >> could be the top leadership position you're considering running for? it >> could be that. >> in the senate, democrats take a victory lap after holding the senate. but some republicans taking out the

he does have a challenger, andy biggs, a conservative, a member of that hard line house freedom caucus. biggs 'cdoes not have the voteso become nominated speaker, but to extract concessions in which rank and file members as part of that freedom caucus want to exert more leverage, power over the spikeeakership. they want to get mccarthy to the negotiating table, have him cut some deals before they will support him. we'll see how mccarthy does as he tries to lock kdown the vote >> i also want to ask about the senate side because some high profile republicans are now apparently bristling at the idea of mitch mcconnell once again being their leader. what are you hearing? >> reporter: yeah, right now behind closed doors on the senate side of the capitol, we expect a venting session after the republicans had a very disappointing night last tuesday, failed to reach the senate majority and are taking the blame directly at the republican leader. mitch mcconnell, people like senator josh hawley who told me earlier today that he does not think that if mcconnell gets reelected as leader he could b

he faced opposition from a member of the conservative house freedom caucus, representative andy biggs. now according to cbs news projections, the gop is on the brink of taking control of the house by a slim margin after last week's midterm elections, needing just one more seat. >>> and in the senate, republican leader mitch mcconnell is facing a challenge to his minority leader role in tomorrow's vote. it comes from florida senator rick scott. the party's campaign chairman. >>> now to the war this korean, and in a major escalation of tensions the fight has spilled into nato territory after poland said a missile strike killed tw. president biden pledged support for its nato ally and ukraine. >> we support ukraine fully in this moment, and we have -- we have since the start of this conflict. and i'm going to make sure we figure out exactly what happened. >> it's not yet clear who fired the missile. poland says the missile was likely russian made, but president biden said it was unlikely that the missile was actually fired from russia. chris livesay has a closer look at the blast. >> rep

the man challenging kevin mccarthy for the speakership's republican congressman, andy biggs, one of thewho reportedly requested a pardon from donald trump for his role in trying to overturn the election results on january six, 2021. today, in a closed-door vote among members of the republican conference, leader mccarthy managed to lose 31 votes to andy biggs. kevin mccarthy will now have to convince all or most of those defectors to back him, as speaker, in order to win a vote in the full house, which comes in general. there is almost zero chance that republicans would manage to settle their disputes about trump's role in the party by then. especially now, that he appears to be embarking on a third run for the american presidency. trump, for his part, is unconvinced his influence had much to do with the party losses. he has instead blamed republican leadership for not being more enthusiastic about his losing slate of candidates. trump was fairly blunt about this on truth social. it's mitch mcconnell's fault, spending money to defeat great republican candidates instead of backing blake m

not andy biggs and the freedom caucus.arthy probably has best shot, but a caucus seems to turn on self. even paul ryan knows that. >> should mccarthy be house speaker? >> members of the house would make that decision. >> if you were a member of the house what would you decide? >> great question. >> the plan would have to be, how are we going to make, what's the plan to grow that caucus come 2024? the results were underwomening to s to -- underwhelming. new york, able to be successful. lay that success at feet of the individuals able to have one of the most successful court cases to render what was one of the worst cases of gerrymandering we've seen by either party occurring in the state of new york remedied in the courts. there is more -- >> by the way, i agree with you. democrats got greedy and put forward a crazy map and republicans righteously -- republicans pushed back, but if that's your position, do you think republicans overreach in ohio in florida, in texas? i was here republicans championing the cause redistrictin

nominating andy biggs was a shot across the bow from the tea party freedom caucus.mccarthy wants to be speaker, he'll have to get through them first. it's not all clear that he'll actually gets the votes he needs. it was a less than auspicious start for the republican party still trying to figure out what the hell happened and why their extremist candidates were rejected by so many americans despite favorable gerrymandered odds. yesterday, moderate republican from nebraska don bacon told nbc news that if the republican conference cannot agree on electing mccarthy or any other republican as speaker, then he would be willing to work with democrats to elect a moderate republican for the job. marjorie taylor soon to be exmrs. greene, anything bought mccarthy stands, they don't like that idea, which is why they're supporting mccarthy. >> here's the issue. if we don't unify behind kevin mccarthy, we're opening up the door for the democrats to be able to recruit some of our republicans and they may only need one or two since we don't know what we will have in the majority,

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i don't come to lose >> reporter: democrats' bigges win of the night coming in the critical pennsylvania race democrat john fetterman, six months after suffering a stroke, defeating republican dr. mehmet oz >> we did what we needed to do. >> reporter: republicans wit big victories too, including georgia governor brian kemp, easily defeating democrat stacey abrams and in the biggest win of the night, florida republican governor ron desantis winning re-election in a 19-point landslide, sweeping virtually every county in the state, including heavily latino miami-dade >> we reject woke ideology we will never, ever surrender to the woke mob florida is where woke goes to die. >> reporter: desantis seen as a possible 2024 presidential contender where he could face former president trump, who had a tough night. his endorsed candidates in ohio and north carolina won, but several of mr. trump's other hand-picked candidates in key races, including new hampshire, michigan, and pennsylvania, all lost meanwhile, president biden was asked what he will do differently with most americans saying they're d

arizona congressman andy biggs and successfully challenged mccarthy. house democrats are scheduled to hold the leadership vote at the end of the month, giving house speaker nancy pelosi time to decide if she wants to run again. >>> mass shootings have made school security a top priority. there has been an unintended side effect. >>> after a series of delays, the artemis 1 is set to begin a historic moon mission. the bay area's role in the highly anticipated launch. >>> a live look from the north way where volunteers are hard at work brightening the holidays for their neighbors. >>> the sun going down on what ended up being a fairly warm november day. officer winds allowing temperature to reach slightly above average. >>> work continues to clean up the broadway tunnel after a crane got stuck yesterday. one eastbound lane is now open . but only drinking hours . san francisco fire officials say there was no structural damage. no word on how long those repairs will take. >>> american airlines flight attendants are upping the pressure on the company. >> [ c